http://williampower.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ User Experience, Flex and more en Vox Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:57:57 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/fireworks-wont-show-the-gradient-control-arm.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/fireworks-wont-show-the-gradient-control-arm.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/fireworks-wont-show-the-gradient-control-arm.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:57:57 -0700 While working through "Adobe Fireworks CS4, Classroom In A Book", chapter 4, I found instructions that I couldn't complete. The instructions direct the reader to select a custom-drawn path that has a gradient fill applied to it. It states that y... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/fireworks-wont-show-the-gradient-control-arm.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989a9e07000201240b6cbe38860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/dreamweaver-cs4-doesnt-start-up-vista.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/dreamweaver-cs4-doesnt-start-up-vista.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/dreamweaver-cs4-doesnt-start-up-vista.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:58:37 -0700 I'm going to tell you how to fix Dreamweaver in 3 easy steps! Dreamweaver failed to start up for me today. The last time it loaded successfully was before I moved my website folders around (manually, outside the program). 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It's hard to follow step-by-step instructions when the UI has c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/dreamweaver-sozodomains-domainmonger-and-godaddy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989a9e0700020110167473e7860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/web-hosting-problem.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/web-hosting-problem.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/web-hosting-problem.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:44:26 -0700 I registered 2 new domain names. One is a '.com', the other a '.name'. I set up DNS service for them through a company that provides me with DNS service for a different pre-existing domain. I have web hosting through Globat.com. Once I figured... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/web-hosting-problem.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989a9e070002011017b519bc860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flex-bug-quash-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flex-bug-quash-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flex-bug-quash-2.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:16:40 -0700 Busy week. Preparing for Flex Bug Quash. It's put on by a couple of the Flex User's Group guys. Nate and Marty. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flex-bug-quash-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989a9e070002011018135c0d860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flexbuilder-to-do-plugin.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flexbuilder-to-do-plugin.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flexbuilder-to-do-plugin.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:03:33 -0800 Go here: http://www.richinternet.de/blog/index.cfm?entry=911D4B57-0F0D-5A73-AF6F4D4D04099757, download the plugin. Unzip it to its own directory. You'll see a plugin folder and a .jar in that folder. Copy that .jar into the 'plugins' directory w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flexbuilder-to-do-plugin.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989a9e07000201101804656d860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flex-awesomeness-law-enforcement-app.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flex-awesomeness-law-enforcement-app.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flex-awesomeness-law-enforcement-app.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:03:12 -0800 I'm trying to avoid blogging in the 'echo chamber', but in case anyone's reading, this Flex app: http://www.universalmind.com/#/capabilities/demos/spatialkey-crime ("SpatialKey") looks pretty awesome! It's a law enforcement application, but th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/flex-awesomeness-law-enforcement-app.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989a9e0700020109d0771f64000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> flex ria http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/odd-behavior-when-restricting-text-input-to-alphanumeric.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/odd-behavior-when-restricting-text-input-to-alphanumeric.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/odd-behavior-when-restricting-text-input-to-alphanumeric.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:14:20 -0700 Let's say I want to have a text input that only accepts a-z, A-Z and 0-9. I can set this up in MXML as shown: <mx:TextInput id="myText" restrict="a-zA-z0-9" /> I needed to bar users from entering special characters, but for some reason the c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/odd-behavior-when-restricting-text-input-to-alphanumeric.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989a9e07000200fa96a4e28a0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/learning-flex-videos.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/learning-flex-videos.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/learning-flex-videos.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:28:29 -0700 What we're doing: You've started learning Flex. You have some books. Perhaps you've finished the core 'starter' documents Adobe provides (see my previous post). And maybe you'd like to: Dig deeper into Flex Get tips on where to go to learn mo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/learning-flex-videos.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989a9e07000200fa96a1b1560002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/learning-flex-for-book-learners-what-should-i-read.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(williampower) http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/learning-flex-for-book-learners-what-should-i-read.html?_c=feed-rss http://williampower.vox.com/library/post/learning-flex-for-book-learners-what-should-i-read.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:31:08 -0700 I've always found it best to start at the beginning. A number of books cover 'how to use Flex components,' but it's frequently unhelpful when you begin trying to toss around events or encounter a data binding issue. 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